SpaceX Grasshopper

SpaceX Grasshopper

SpaceX

Musk's spacecraft manufacturing and design company SpaceX tested out the Grasshopper, a reusable 10-story rocket, earlier this summer. The goal is to develop a rocket that can return to a launchpad for a vertical landing, instead of burning up during reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

Musk's spacecraft manufacturing and design company SpaceX tested out the Grasshopper, a reusable 10-story rocket, earlier this summer. The goal is to develop a rocket that can return to a launchpad for a vertical landing, instead of burning up during reentry into Earth's atmosphere. (SpaceX)

Musk's spacecraft manufacturing and design company SpaceX tested out the Grasshopper, a reusable 10-story rocket, earlier this summer. The goal is to develop a rocket that can return to a launchpad for a vertical landing, instead of burning up during reentry into Earth's atmosphere.SpaceX